OFFICE OF THR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TExqg 

AUSTIN 

Eono~ble A. C. W3Nnwn 

D&lml~tAttmy 

, 

snb 2 Q$ Artlale 6, Vmmm’i~ Annotated 

reapeotlvely provide: 

“The raloving ol8rsss of permne 8hall 

not be 8lloved to vote tn thie Bkfis, to-vitc 

“Firclt: Perrc%nz~ Mdss twenty-one (21) 

year6 of ag6, 

‘Beoends Idiot8 8nd lun8tic.a. 
Bonorabls A. C. Ulnborn, Page 2 

"Third: All paupers supported by any county. 

“Fourth: All pereionn convicted of any 

felony, aubjeat to such eraeptlons m the Lvgislature say make. 

"Fifth: All aoldlers, marlne8 and aeamen, 

employed in the eervlae of the Umy or &ary of 

the United Statall. Provided t&t thlr restrlotioa ohall not apply to otfla6re or the mt1ona1 

Ward of Texas, the WtloMl Ouard Reserve, the 

Offloers Rsrerve Corps of the United Statea, aor 

to enllrted men of the mtlonal Ourrd, the ~tion61 

Guard Rewrve, and the Orgnllced Reserves of the 

UnPted Staten, nor to retliwd offloors OS the 

Uultrd States Army, Bary, mad Wrlne Corps, and 

retired offlosre of the United Stetes Army, mvy, 

and nsrina Corps, and retired rarrant officers 

and retired enlisted men of the United 73tates 

Army, Eavy, muI Marine Corpr. 

“sec. 2. Bvery perroa aubjeat to none of 

the foregolug dlr~~liflcatlons, who shall lava 

attalned the age of tventy-one years and vho 

shall be a aitlten OS the United States and vho 

ehrll have resided in this State one year next 

preceding an eleatloa mud the la& six noathu 

vlthln the diatrlot or aounty la vhlah such person oife~s to vote), ah11 be deemed (L p#llfled 

elsatori provided, that electors llvlug In amy 

uaor&anJ.ted county may vat6 at any election precinct la the aounty to vhloh such aounty is attached for judlcFa1 purporee~ and provided furthere, that any voter who is Subject to pp a 

poll tax under the lava of the State of Teue 

shall have paid said tax before offerlag to vote 

at any election in this State ad hold a receipt 

show1 

rirrt "86. 

that maid poll tax VPI paid before the 

"J of February next preaeding suah election. 

. . . . 

&ticles 198, Vernon’s Annotated Pearl Code, end 

2975, Veraon's Annotated Clot1 St(rtutes, respeotlvsly provide: 

"Article 198. 

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Honolrble A. C. Winborn, r'age 3 

"Any oo3leotor of taxmm, al- any OAe in 

him em+oy, vho vili'ully fallm or rmfumsm to 

trawwibe oorreotly frtnm the orlgiasl poll 

tax reoelpt or certlflomte of exmtioa and 

lamsrt In thm duplicate retained ln the oolleotorts office the name mnd other demortpWon of the oitlten m@red by lav to be 

given by him, or who fails to tmworlba oorreotly from the duplicate kupt in tha oolleeotor18 0PSlae and iwsrt in the list of qwlL1- 

fied voters of a pmclaot the name and doaoription of the citlaen am montalnmd in uid 

dupllcLte, or who im8uem a poll tmx reoelpt 

after the Sirst dry of February Ja any ymw, 

bearlag a data prior to the flrmt &y of Fobrumy, or vho vllfUly fmllm to keep maid or&- 

ins1 dup licl aeour.1~ te looked UJ, vhn Uw 

mame arm not being used, or prmitm thmm to 

be mutilated, defaasd, lost or demtroyod, or 

who ~oam~18, alterm ordmmtro~m tha, mhll 

bc&ln~en~ th~h~mkim~Q nor mom 

"Art. 2975 

I 

. . . . 

'At the time the Tax Colleator m&Item up 

hia limtm of voters am hmzmln provldmd, ho 

mbsllrt the UIPO tzme onm mmpmrrtmlfmtwmkm 

up a list of allen poll tmx-payere and mhmll 

mark at thm top of maid list thm voMm *Alien 

Pou. !bxpayem,' and muoh list mbmll bm dallvoredrtthemmwtimeaudthe~-r 

and to thm mamie ofrloirlm am bwe&mboW provtisd ior other poll tax lists, OLod the llmtm 

of queUfled votorm In maid oouaty and in the 

various pnolnats of said oowty. Buoh oertlfimd lists of qualified voterm rab lists of 

allen taxpmymrm l bail.1 be In the follovlng fowl 

n . . l . 

And thm mamie fom l hmll be used vith roSerena. 

to the list of alien tmxpmjerm f’urnlshed the 

offloiolm ar provided ln this Article." 
104 

Fionorable A. C. Winborn, PIga 4 

tie 

'litb ngsrd to oltlxanmhlp, you vi11 observe 

that by the wording and provision of Seetlon 2 of Artla 

6, mupxu,a pemcm~ho is 

tlon is 8 quallfi~ 

?GZhaentm. 

a altlsen at the time of eleoed voter, 88mumiag hm meets all other 

In the f7batm youpremed the alien be bemn 

nmtwllmed mlnme January 31, 1944. It follovo, In &never 

to your fIrmt qwmtion thmt he lm nov entitled to vote, although him to11 tax maelpt, paid before JtumfMY 31, 1944,. 

be mtaapm4 .~AUmn”. 

In anxver to your second quemtlon, it is our 

opinion that k list of voter8 or 8 poll tmx reeelpt nmde 

gut pumuant to lav wn be obnged or altered 

vsp or b y l oIpI) methdl provided by I.w. To bo&%: 

would tend to lntroduoe too gremtan element ofunoert5lnty sad aulgbt at tlmem &ford too great mu opportunity for 

trrud mnd inrpomltlon. YOU viu. obwrve tbxt Artiole 198, 

muprq tier it unlevful to slter poll tax noeiptm and 

provides a penalty therefor and also for one 'vbo lSSW#S 

a poll tax receipt after tba firmt dmy of Febm ln v 

year, bwrlng a date prior to the tint dey of February . 

l%rthmrLtIm ouroplnloatbmtthere i*no mtmtutory euthorimatian to ammad or correot the list of Votemw 

or the nAllen* poll tax moelpt o* to issue a 231v “voting 

reoelpt. We eamver your meamnd question in the negmtlve. 

However, be need only oonvme the eleotlan 

i 

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that he la aov a altioen to vote. A premedmtloa of' h a 

xnturalimatloa paperm, or a oertified aop 

I 

thereof, or 4u1 

thffidsvit that he 18 8t the t-0 Of OhOt On a OitisO&baolng been~~%turalired, o~anythiag that would ooavlnae the 

eleotiozi jwQe that him prevloum dimqtlsllfIomtlon ham been 

mxtoved vi.11 suffioe to pewit him voting. 

Trwtlng thlm metlmhotorlly anmvers your lnqu.Wy, 

ve are 

Yours vergtmaly 

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